Propeller

Propeller Propeller is an artist-run centre in the heart of the West Queen West Gallery District dedicated to

Propeller is a professional, independent, artist-run non-profit organization with a dynamic approach to programming, exhibitions and community-based activities. Propeller provides a supportive community which generates innovative ideas, experiences, and a greater awareness and appreciation for the arts. The Centre is an integral member of the artistic and cultural community in Toronto’s vibrant Qu

een Street West gallery district. Propeller supports the creative endeavours of artists through curated, juried and individual exhibitions. The Centre also presents networking and educational opportunities as well as multi-disciplinary events in pursuit of building and extending the community. In existence since 1996, Propeller proffers a forward-looking vision that continues to engage public interest and critical notice.

🖼 Exhibiting now at Propeller Corrugation Reformulation by Andres Vosu | & | RNight-time, Day-time by Jacques Descoteaux...
06/17/2026

🖼 Exhibiting now at Propeller Corrugation Reformulation by Andres Vosu | & | RNight-time, Day-time by Jacques Descoteaux

✨️ SAVE THE DATES:
• Opening Reception: Saturday, June 20, 2 – 5 pm
• Artist Talk: Sunday, July 5, 2 pm
• June 17 – July 5, 2026

Learn more about these exhibitions in person at Propeller or by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com

🖼 Blue Puddle Series IV (round), Pennies from Heaven, and Blue Puddle Series II (round) by M.J. Steenberg, part of our r...
06/14/2026

🖼 Blue Puddle Series IV (round), Pennies from Heaven, and Blue Puddle Series II (round) by M.J. Steenberg, part of our recent exhibition Where We’re at Now by The Gibson Girls.

M.J. Steenberg is a Toronto-based painter, photographer, and maker of site-specific land installations, working in Sudbury and Newfoundland. She was a long-time tenant of Toronto Artscape at 96 Spadina Avenue and The Distillery District. M.J. was a member of The Board of Directors of Toronto Artscape, a founding member of Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts and a past member of The Toronto School of Art Board of Directors. Her work is held in public, private and corporate collections in Canada and internationally. She is the recipient of Ontario Arts Council grants.

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

Gibson Girls MJ Steenberg

🖼 Nearby, a white wall; Nearby, a watering can; and Nearby, a red stoolby Snaige Sileika, part of our current exhibitio...
06/13/2026

🖼 Nearby, a white wall; Nearby, a watering can; and Nearby, a red stoolby Snaige Sileika, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation by The Gibson Girls

Snaige Sileika is a painter working in Toronto. Her many years as a printmaker have influenced her approach to painting. She searches for essential lines that result in highly graphic images. She has had solo exhibitions of her paintings in Canada, France and Lithuania. Her work can be found in many collections, including the City of Toronto, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), and the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. Snaige is an active member at Propeller Art Gallery and serves on its Board of Directors.

✨️ SAVE THE DATES:
• Artist Talks: Sunday, June 14, 3 pm
• Exhibiting May 27 – June 14, 2026

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

Gibson Girls Snaige Sileika

🖼 Portal IV, Portal VII, and Portal XXI by Karen Curry, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conv...
06/12/2026

🖼 Portal IV, Portal VII, and Portal XXI by Karen Curry, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation by The Gibson Girls

Karen Curry is a visual artist based on Gabriola Island, BC. Previously, her home & studio were in Toronto, where she had a decades-long association with Open Studio while working in printmaking, painting & photography. She continues to participate in international residencies, most recently in New Zealand & the Azores. Curry has exhibited widely in solo & group shows, nationally & internationally. Her work is held in public, corporate & private collections including Global Affairs Canada, The Donovan Collection, The Burnaby Art Gallery, Palm Springs Museum, The National Gallery-Australia, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

✨️ SAVE THE DATES:
• Exhibiting May 27 – June 14, 2026
• Artist Talks: Sunday, June 14, 3 pm

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

Karen Curry Gibson Girls

✨️ Join us this Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3 pm for Artists Talks with M.J. Steenberg, Snaige Sileika, Liz Parkinson, Kar...
06/11/2026

✨️ Join us this Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3 pm for Artists Talks with M.J. Steenberg, Snaige Sileika, Liz Parkinson, Karen Curry, and Yael Brotman, part of our current exhibition of "Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation" by The Gibson Girls

Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation includes new environmentally-based artwork by each of the artists, as well as two group projects. In Roundtable (2025), the artists experimented with the circle in form and substrate while working together outdoors, as they had on canoe trips for thirty years. The group’s 2018-2022 mail art collaboration (600+ images) will also be shown in a new interactive iteration.

Through their long history together, the Gibson Girls each embody the ability to support, challenge, and learn from one another. This exhibition opens their conversation to others as a gesture of hope through communication and understanding in our continuing fraught times.

🖼 ARTWORK
• Blue Puddle Series VI (round) by M.J. Steenberg
• Nearby, some ferns by Snaige Sileika
• Pinehill by Liz Parkinson
• Vantage Point III by Karen Curry
• Bound 6 by Yael Brotman

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

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🖼 Calling, Dust of the Future, and Heart Half-exposed by Yael Brotman, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now...
06/08/2026

🖼 Calling, Dust of the Future, and Heart Half-exposed by Yael Brotman, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation by The Gibson Girls

Yael Brotman is a print-based artist living in Toronto. She taught in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto and was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. She has exhibited both nationally (SNAP Gallery, Edmonton; Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton) and internationally (Canadian Embassy, Tokyo; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt).

✨️ SAVE THE DATES:
• Exhibiting May 27 – June 14, 2026
• Artist Talks: Sunday, June 14, 3 pm

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

✨ Meet Maria Teresa Hernandez one of Propeller Art Gallery’s talented artist members.The practice of mindfulness has pro...
06/08/2026

✨ Meet Maria Teresa Hernandez one of Propeller Art Gallery’s talented artist members.

The practice of mindfulness has profoundly shaped Maria Teresa’s personal life and professional work, both as an artist and an art therapist. She views the creative process as inherently mindful—an act that requires shifting attention non-judgmentally to the present moment, allowing experience to flow through the pencil as a channel of visual expression.

Maria Teresa earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and a BA in Graphic Design from the Metropolitan University (UAM), Mexico. In 2011, she completed the Graduate Diploma Program in Art Therapy at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. She is a certified yoga teacher and has been studying and practicing mindfulness at The Mindfulness Centre for nearly 20 years, integrating mindfulness into all her art therapy groups.

Maria has participated in over 21 solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including at three major museums in Mexico: La Tallera National Institute of Fine Arts, Casa Trotsky, and Casa del Poeta. Her solo show Transient Illuminations: Where Light Breaks Through the Fractures was held at Propeller in June 2024. She has also taken part in numerous group exhibitions. She has been a member of the Propeller Gallery since 2011.

Learn more about Maria Teresa by visiting her Member Profile on our Website!


🖼 My Elemental Life by M.J. Steenberg, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation by The G...
06/07/2026

🖼 My Elemental Life by M.J. Steenberg, part of our current exhibition Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation by The Gibson Girls

M.J. Steenberg’s connection to the ‘magic Island’ of Newfoundland began with a Pouch Cove Residency in 1994. Using a conceptual approach to both the land and her own exploration of what makes landscape painting, M.J. lays her raw canvas directly onto the land, making graphite rubbings that map the geological and geographical passages of our earth and of time. The land, in fact, becomes her matrix. Added ash and acrylic capture an immediate sense of beauty and place while change in the land itself happens as our climate undergoes more frequent and severe events.

✨️ SAVE THE DATES:
• Exhibiting May 27 – June 14, 2026
• Artist Talks: Sunday, June 14, 3 pm

Learn more about this exhibition by visiting our website, https://propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/where-were-at-now-the-gibson-girls/

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06/04/2026

Where We’re at Now – Another Conversation includes new environmentally-based artwork by each of the artists, as well as two group projects. In Roundtable (2025), the artists experimented with the circle in form and substrate while working together outdoors, as they had on canoe trips for thirty years. The group’s 2018-2022 mail art collaboration (600+ images) will also be shown in a new interactive iteration.

Through their long history together, the Gibson Girls each embody the ability to support, challenge, and learn from one another. This exhibition opens their conversation to others as a gesture of hope through communication and understanding in our continuing fraught times.

🌟 See the show in gallery until June 14th! Preview online, link in bio.

📍 UPCOMING
Artist Talks - Sunday, June 14th at 3pm

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